Three Questions to Ask Before Choosing Technology for Education
Education technology is trendy. Hardly a day goes by that I don’t read an article or have a conversation in which someone makes the familiar argument that “education is the one industry that hasn’t embraced the technologies of the 21st century.” The world has changed – so the story goes – and while every other […]
Technology in Education: To Guide or Not to Guide
Latin American governments have been implementing a variety of initiatives to improve the quality of education in the last decades. In particular, they have invested heavily to introduce technology in schools. In the past few years, about 10 million laptops have been distributed to students in public schools in the region. Have these investments produced […]
Leo’s pad
Country of Origin: United States Languages: English Developer: Kidaptive Publisher: Kidaptive Year Published: 2013 Platforms: iOS Genre: Interactive Narrative Age Range: 3-6 Subjects: Math Leo’s Pad puts players in the shoes of a visitor to the lab of a young Leonardo da Vinci. The game is heavily fictionalized, giving Leo a cast of fantasy friends, […]
DragonBox Algebra 5+, DragonBox Algebra 12+
Country of Origin: France/Norway Languages: English, French, Swedish, Norwegian, Spanish, Korean, Italian, Portuguese, Dutch, German, Russian, Chinese, Mandarin, Finnish, Basque Developer: We Want To Know Publisher: We Want To Know Year Published: 2012, 2013 Website: http://www.dragonboxapp.com/ Platforms: iOS Genre: Puzzle Subjects:Math Age Range: 8+ DragonBox is an exemplar of learning through compelling gameplay. Rather than try […]
The Math Mage
Country of Origin: Jordan Languages: English Developer: RGH Games Publisher: Rubicon Group Holding Year Published: 2012 Website: http://www.themathmage.com/ Platforms: iOS Genre: Quiz, RPG Age range:6-11 Subject: Math The Math Mage embeds math quizzes in a magical fantasy setting where players take on the role of a math-wielding mage. The game’s juicy visual feedback and rich sound […]
Minecraft / MineCraftEDU
Country of Origin: Sweden (MineCraftEDU: US) Languages: English, Spanish, French, German… (Huge List of language translations) Developer: Mojang / TeacherGaming Publisher: self-published Year Published: 2011 / 2013 Website: http://www.minecraft.com/ http://www.minecraftedu.com Platforms: Web, Windows, iOS, Android, Xbox 360, Linux, Raspberry Pi Genre: Simulation, Building Simulator Age Range: 5+ Barriers to Entry: Controls can be tricky to get […]
Monthly Magazine Games
Country of Origin: Japan Languages: Japanese Developer: Shogakukan Publisher: Shogakukan Year Published: 1922 Website: http://www.shogakukan.co.jp Platforms: Multimedia magazine Genre: Learning Age range: Grades 1–6 (elementary) Subjects: Math, literature, science Launched in 1922, Monthly Magazine Games has been a vibrant and vital classroom companion to Japanese elementary school children for nearly a century. From cover to cover, […]
Monkey Math School Sunchine
Country of Origin: United States Languages: English Developer: THUP Games Publisher: THUP Games Year Published: 2013 Website: http://thup.com/portfolio/monkey-mathschool-sunshine/ Platforms: iOS, Android Genre: Math, Counting Barriers to Entry: Very low. Age range: Preschool. Game is rated ages 4+, but reviewers report 3-year-olds playing. Subject: Math Monkey Math School Sunshine is a math-based sequel to Monkey Preschool Lunchbox, […]
Alifbaba
Country of Origin: Netherlands Languages: Arabic Developer: Zinder.nl Publisher: Alif-Ba Education Year Published: 2013 Platforms: Android, iOS Genre: Puzzle Age range: 5+ Subjects: Language skills (Arabic) Targeting kindergarteners, Alifbaba teaches Arabic reading and writing through a series of gamelike experiences. Quirky animal characters invite users to engage listening to, reading, and practicing Arabic through spelling-puzzles […]
Professor Layton (Series)
Country of Origin: Japan Languages: English, Spanish, Japanese, Korean (more possibly?) Developer: Level-5 Publisher: Level-5, Nintendo Year Published: 2007 (first release) Platforms: Nintendo DS, Nintendo 3DS (Nintendo exclusive) Genre: Puzzle, Adventure Barriers to entry: Nintendo platforms only Age range: 8+ Subjects: math Games in the Professor Layton series are collections of logic puzzles, pieced together […]